Womb-supporter.



No. 804,086. PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

M. J. BARCHPBLD & F. C. HUNT.

WOMB SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 13110.2,1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN J. BARCI-IFELD AND FREDERICK C. HUNT, OF GIRARD, OHIO.

WOMB-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

' Application filed December 2, 1904. Serial No. 235,239.

To ctZZ whom it rota/y concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN J. BARGHFELD and FREDERICK G. HUNT, citizensof the United States, residing at Girard, in the county of Trumbull andState of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inWomb-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to an improved Wombsupporter, and has for itsobjects to provide a device of this character which shall possessgreater flexibility than obtains with articles of this kind now on themarket, which may be readily applied and when positioned will besecurely held in place without exerting too great pressure upon the wombor upon the walls of the vagina, thus insuring the minimum ofdiscomfort, and which may serve as a tampon for applying medicaments tothe womb.

In order that the invention may be understood, we have illustrated thesame in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveView of the device in its inflated condition, and Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional view of the same.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that the womb-supporteris constructed of rubber tissue tubing 1, which is coiled upon itself ina manner to form two substantially frusto-conical or cup-shaped members3 4, respectively, united at their smaller ends. The coils of the tubingare of course suitably united, as by cement or any other preferredmanner, so as to preserve the shape of the device and also to maintainthe coils in their proper relation to each other. At one end of the tube1 we provide a suitable device 2, by means of which the device as awhole may be inflated and the inflating medium be retained in thetubing. This inflating medium may be liquid or gas.

In its deflated condition the device may be readily inserted by use of aproper instrument such as well known to those skilled in the art, andwhen inflated the outer edges of one of the cup-shaped members 3 restupon the anterior bone of the pelvis, and the outer end of the other cup4: will rest upon the posterior wall of the vagina and will be securelyheld in position, exerting a uniform pressure upon the womb. Thecup-shaped member 3 may also serve as atampon for applying medication tothe womb.

Thebenefits and advantages to be derived by the use of this inventionhave been briefly indicated and will be at once apparent to thoseconversant with the requirements of a wombsupporter.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A womb-supporter comprising a tube of flexible material coiled uponitself to form two substantially frusto-conical members united at theirends of smallest diameter.

2. A Womb-supporter comprising a tube of flexible material coiled uponitself to provide two substantially frusto-conical members united attheir ends of smallest diameter, and a device for permitting inflationof said tube.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH E. HAZARD, WADE R. DEEMER.

